While the phenomenon of depression during and following pregnancy in women is widely appreciated (and often associated with weight gain and/or antenatal weight retention),… » »   

Ritalin is not just for kids anymore, suggests a new study.

A team of Swedish psychiatrists found that stimulants relieved symptoms… » »   

There may be a biological reason why depression and other stress-related psychiatric disorders are more common among women compared to men. Studying stress signaling… » »   

Focusing on certain PTSD symptoms may be key to treating anger among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans, according to a study by University of North Carolina at… » »   

TAU research suggests link between IVF treatments and autism
The first “test tube baby” was born in 1978. With advances in reproductive… » »   

A study by University of Alabama at Birmingham Assistant Professor of Sociology Belinda Needham, Ph.D. published in the June issue of the American Journal… » »   

A new study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) confirms the relationship between depression and abdominal obesity, which has been linked to… » »   

The world’s largest DNA scan for familial autism has uncovered new genetic changes in autistic children that are often not present in their parents.… » »   

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are part of an international consortium working with Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization,… » »   

Other people’s smoke is bad for your lungs and bad for your heart, and new research suggests it could be bad for your mental… » »